increase font size Lewiston first in state to close schools Thursday for Eid School superintendent says at least 40% of the city's 5,000-plus students are from immigrant families, most of them Muslims. By Bonnie WashukSpecial to the Sun Journal Share Hawo Abdille stands in front of the Dingley Building in Lewiston where she works as an English language learner assessment coordinator for the Lewiston School Department. She said she is thrilled that Lewiston is the first district in Maine to close schools for Eid. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal LEWISTON — To Hawo Abdille’s delight, there’s no school Thursday in Lewiston. Thursday is Eid, and it’s a new holiday on the Lewiston public schools calendar.